Canadian artist Jean Bradburys paintings celebrate nature amid the wonder and diversity of life itself. I paint gardens inhabited by whimsical and often vulnerable creatures, she says, with the animals representing herself or the viewer. Both joyful and sinister, these places celebrate our own gentle natures in a world where anxiety and heartache lurk. Around 2010, Bradbury (b. Britain, 1963) found herself leaning more toward realism than surrealism in her work, though she doesnt consider herself a wildlife artist or botanical artist, and she reserves the right to indulge in a few flying weasels when the need arises.